
Once you have done so, give it a minute to gather the info, and you should be presented with a number in megabytes, which you will need for later. In the Command Prompt window, type in: systeminfo | find "Total Physical Memory". This will bring up a command prompt window. If you are on Windows - Press your Windows + R keys, to bring up a run dialogue, in it, type in: “cmd”, and hit enter. In order to troubleshoot this error, you must first find out how much RAM you have available on your computer.ĭepending on your operating system, these instructions will vary. When Minecraft cannot allocate (get) more RAM from the computer due to not enough RAM installed or too many other processes using up RAM (such as other games, web browsers and applications), it crashes with the Out of Memory error.įirstly, you should close every other applications to see if the problem goes away (some web browsers such as Chrome can take up lots of memory if you open a lot of tabs). Minecraft requires at least 384MB of RAM to function, however Minecraft will usually take up more than 1GB of memory to save information for blocks, players, mobs and many other things. It is installed on the computer’s motherboard, storing data immediately needed for the computer to function. Your computer will not function without it.

RAM stands for “Random Access Memory”, which is a vital part of your computer. This error occurs when the game does not have enough memory, or RAM, to continue.
